Conditional Admission Requirements
Applicants are conditionally admitted to a Master’s degree program when they submit a completed application indicating that they meet admission requirements outlined for that program and are approved by the Office of the Registrar. Applicants in a conditional admission status are not eligible for Title IV funds and are not considered regular students until granted provisional or full admission.
Applicants seeking admission to any Master’s degree program must meet the following admission requirements prior to the start of the first course at the University of Arizona Global Campus:
- Have a Bachelor’s degree or a graduate level degree from an approved accredited college or university with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0* or above. Applicants must provide an unofficial or official transcript or diploma demonstrating degree completion by Day 7, Week 3 of their first course or they will be denied admission;
- Have access to a computer with an Internet connection for the Web-based programs and meet the minimum technology requirements and minimum computer skills, abilities, features, system configurations, hardware, and software outlined in the General Academic Information & Policies section of this Catalog;
- Have the ability to study in English indicated by one of the following:
- Earned a Bachelor's degree in which the primary language of instruction was English; or
- Successfully completed one of the following testing options within the approved timeframe as noted below. Copies of unofficial scores must be submitted prior to conditional admissions, and official scores must be submitted for full admission:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A minimum score of 550 paper-based or 79 Internet-based is required and the test must have been taken within the last two (2) years.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS). A minimum score of 7 is required and the test must have been taken within the last three (3) years.
- Pearson. A minimum score of 60 is required.
*Applicants to the Master of Science in Instructional Design and Technology competency-based education program must have a Bachelor’s degree or graduate level degree from an approved accredited college or university with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or above.
The University of Arizona Global Campus reserves the right to deny admission or re-admission to any applicant. The University of Arizona Global Campus recognizes the importance of protecting student privacy and reserves the right to request documentation to establish or verify any student’s identity at any time, for administrative or compliance purposes. Students are expected to provide such documentation, and failure to do so may be considered a violation of the Student Community Standards. The University may deny or rescind admission to any student for failure to authenticate his or her identity.
Conditionally admitted students who do not achieve provisional or full admission status after one attempt in the University of Arizona Global Campus Promise, are allowed a second period of conditional admission to be provisionally or fully admitted.
Attendance in the first course is confirmation of a student’s intent to matriculate and, therefore, constitutes an attempt. Subsequent withdrawal from the course or institution, whether administrative or student-initiated, concludes an attempt.
Students who are administratively withdrawn for failing to submit required Financial Aid documents during the conditional admission period are required to submit the required documents as a prerequisite to a subsequent attempt.
Appeal Procedure beyond a Second (2nd) Consecutive Conditional Admission Period or The Promise Attempt
Provisional admission status must be attained by the end of the second (2nd) attempt of the University of Arizona Global Campus Promise, while a student is in conditional standing. Students who fail to attain provisional admission by the end of their second (2nd) attempt of the University of Arizona Global Campus Promise must wait six (6) months from the date they were denied admission to re-apply, or they may appeal the University’s decision any time before six (6) months have elapsed using the process outlined subsequently to request a third (3rd) attempt of conditional admission in the University of Arizona Global Campus Promise. In the cases where an appeal is denied or the third (3rd) attempt of beyond is unsuccessful in attaining provisional admission, a student must wait six (6) months to then appeal for any additional University of Arizona Global Campus Promise attempt.
Disagreements over academic quality will not be considered as an appropriate basis for such appeals. In cases of appropriate cause, the University of Arizona Global Campus Appeals Committee reviews the appeals and renders a decision to the student. Appeals must include an explanation of the event that occurred, which caused the student to not attain provisional admission to the University after two attempts.
Students must appeal in writing to the University Registrar. The appeal must be submitted to [email protected] or electronically via the online Conditional Admission Appeal form and approved prior to enrollment in any future courses. Additionally, the student’s appeal letter must include:
- A reasonable explanation for the student’s academic performance to date, which includes mitigating circumstances such as student injury/illness, death of a student’s family member, or other reasons resulting in the undue hardship to the student;
- Compelling evidence that they have the ability to succeed in an academic program due to changed circumstances, experience, and/or successful completion of college-level credits during their period of absence; and,
- A plan for completion of the coursework required to meet basic academic requirements during their coursework at the University of Arizona Global Campus.
Appeal decisions will be communicated from the Office of the Registrar to students via email.
Provisional Admission Requirements
Students must attend beyond Week 3 of their first course and have submitted official or unofficial college transcripts or diploma in order to be provisionally admitted to a Master’s degree program at the University of Arizona Global Campus.
Attendance beyond Week 3 constitutes a student’s confirmation of their intention to continue in the program as a regular student. Upon attendance beyond Week 3 of their first course, students are considered matriculated, regular students in their degree program. Students who meet the requirements for Full Admission will be fully admitted into the degree program.
Transfer Credit Evaluation for Master's Degree Programs
The Transcript Administration Department will request official transcripts of all prior postsecondary education, as long as the institution allows third-party requesting. Schools provided by the student in the application for admission, and/or from any school appearing in the student’s National Student Clearinghouse record, will be requested.
This includes:
- College or university transcripts from institutions where graduate credit was earned
- Military credits evaluated for equivalency to graduate-level college credits
Once these transcripts have been received, the Office of the Registrar staff will complete the student’s official transfer credit evaluation.
Two weeks prior to the conclusion of the third (3rd) attempted UAGC course in a degree-seeking program, if any transcripts from institutions where graduate credit was earned have not yet been received, the Office of the Registrar will proceed with the transfer credit evaluation of any transcripts received to date. Additional transcripts may be submitted for evaluation at a later date, should they become available.
Students are responsible for reviewing their transfer credit evaluation as well as their scheduled courses with their Academic Advisor and informing them of any courses that they feel are duplicative or equivalent in content to previously completed coursework.
Students may submit official transcripts to the University of Arizona Global Campus for review of transfer credits at any time.
Please note that the Master of Science in Instructional Design and Technology competency-based program does not allow for transfer credit.
Full Admission Requirements
The following requirements must be met prior to the conclusion of the third (3rd) attempted University of Arizona Global Campus course in a degree seeking program. To start the fourth (4th) course, students must complete all the requirements subsequently outlined and must meet all admissions requirements applicable to their specific degree program. Students who do not complete all requirements will not be fully admitted and will be withdrawn from the program.
- Submission of an official transcript from the approved accredited institution that awarded the baccalaureate or graduate level degree indicating a minimum GPA of 2.0* with a degree conferral date prior to the start of the first course at the University of Arizona Global Campus.
- Students must submit official test scores from one of the approved English Language testing agencies as reflected under the conditional admissions requirements, if required for admission.
*Applicants to the Master of Science in Instructional Design and Technology competency-based education program must submit an official transcript from the approved accredited institution that awarded the baccalaureate or graduate level degree indicating a minimum GPA of 3.0* with a degree conferral date prior to the start of the first course at the University of Arizona Global Campus.
Additional Admission Requirements for Applicants with International Academic Credentials
The following requirements are applicable to international applicants and applicants relying on academic credentials earned outside the United States for admission. Please note that visa services are not provided and that the University will not vouch for a nonimmigrant alien student’s status or associated charges.
Conditional Admission Requirements
In addition to the requirements for conditional admission outlined in the admission policy for Master’s programs, copies of documentation indicating that the student meets the following admission requirements are required for conditional admission:
- Submit an official evaluation* from an approved evaluation service indicating that the student has met the following requirements:
- The equivalent of an approved accredited Bachelor’s degree from the United States.
- The requirement for official evaluation of the Bachelor’s degree may be waived when a Master’s degree has been earned at an appropriately accredited university in the United States.
All academic records from countries other than the United States must have been evaluated by any Global Campus approved foreign credential evaluation services.
Note: Students who have already had their international credentials evaluated prior to applying to the University of Arizona Global Campus may petition the Office of the Registrar for acceptance of evaluations from other credible agencies.
*For the evaluation to be considered official, it must be sent directly from an approved evaluation service (student copies are not considered official).
Full Admission Requirements
In addition to the requirements for full admission outlined in the admission policy for Master’s programs, students must submit an official evaluation sent directly from an approved evaluation service indicating that the student meets full admission requirement (student copies are not accepted) prior to starting the first course. All other domestic post-secondary official transcripts, if any, are required to be on file prior to the conclusion of the third (3rd) attempted UAGC course for a Master's degree.
Additional Admission Requirements for the Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education Leadership
Applicants to the Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education Leadership must have:
- Earned a bachelor’s degree* from an approved accredited university in early childhood education or a related field; or
- Current or previous employment in the field of early childhood education.
* Unofficial or official transcripts showing an earned undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field must be submitted with the Application for Admission.
Additional Admission Requirements for Applicants to the Master of Science in Finance Program
Conditional Admissions Requirements
Applicants seeking admission to the Master of Science in Finance degree program are required to meet the following requirements: Have a bachelor's or master’s level degree in accounting, business administration, economics, or finance from an approved accredited college or university with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or above*.
*Unofficial or official transcripts showing an earned degree in the area of accounting, business administration, economics, or finance must be submitted with the Application for Admission.
In order to meet admission requirements, applicants without the previously mentioned bachelor’s or master’s-level degrees will be required to request a waiver and submit unofficial or official transcripts showing:
- An earned bachelor’s degree in engineering from an approved accredited college or university with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or above demonstrating completion of fifteen (15) undergraduate credits in accounting [9 credits], statistics [3 credits], and finance [3 credits] with a grade of “C” or higher or demonstrate equivalency prior to admission; or
- An earned bachelor’s degree from an approved accredited college or university with a grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 or above demonstrating completion of twenty-four (24) undergraduate credits in accounting [9 credits], statistics [3 credits], and finance [12 credits] with a grade of “C” or higher or demonstrate equivalency prior to admission; or
- Applicants with a bachelor’s degree in fields other than accounting, business administration, economics, or finance that can document prior work experience equivalent to the knowledge found in a preferred program may request a waiver. For a waiver based on work experience to be successful, an applicant’s work experience must demonstrate (1) in-depth activities related to preparing, analyzing, and interpreting corporate financial statements and (2) advanced application of financial theory. Waivers based on work experience are granted in exceptional cases. If a waiver based on work experience is not granted, applicants will be required to demonstrate successful completion of the credits as outlined above prior to admission.
It will be incumbent upon the student to provide evidence and documentation through the waiver process that is satisfactory to the Dean or designee for the Forbes School of Business and Technology®.
Full Admissions Requirements
The following requirements must be met prior to the conclusion of the third (3rd) attempted the University of Arizona Global Campus course in a degree-seeking program. To start the fourth (4th) course, students must complete all the requirements subsequently outlined and must meet all admissions requirements applicable to their specific degree program. Students who do not complete all requirements will not be fully admitted and will be withdrawn from the program.
Submission of an official transcript from an approved accredited institution that awarded the accounting, business administration, economics, or finance baccalaureate or post-graduate degree indicating a minimum GPA of 2.0 with a degree conferral date prior to the start of the first course at the University of Arizona Global Campus University, or an approved waiver prior to the start of the first course at the University of Arizona Global Campus.
Program Specific Requirements
MACC Program-Specific Requirements
Students who submit official transcripts indicating that they have earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics or have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “C” or higher, or graduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take BUS 591 Financial Accounting & Analysis.
Students who submit official transcripts indicating that they successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Statistics, Business Statistics, or Quantitative Methods with a grade of “C” or higher or graduate coursework in Statistics, Business Statistics, or Quantitative Methods with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take MAT 540 Statistical Concepts for Research.
Students who submit official transcripts indicating that they have earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “C” or higher, or graduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take BUS 590 General Cost Accounting.
MBA Program-Specific Requirements
Master of Business Administration students who submit official transcripts indicating that they have earned a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Economics or have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “C” or higher, or graduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take BUS 592 Financial Business Overview. Students are responsible for notifying the University if they believe they have met this requirement through previous college coursework during the application process and are responsible for submitting official transcripts for verification.
MISM Program-Specific Requirements
Students who have successfully completed undergraduate or graduate-level coursework in management information systems, information systems or computer science with a grade of “B-” or higher within the last five (5) years will be exempt from ISM 500 Introduction to Management of Information Systems.
Students who have successfully completed undergraduate or graduate-level coursework in computer programming with a grade of “B-” or higher within the last five (5) years or who have earned a certificate in computer programming/coding from a recognized non-traditional training provider (e.g. coding bootcamp, etc.) within the last five (5) years will be exempt from ISM 510 Introduction to Computer Programming for Business Applications.
Students are responsible for notifying the University if they believe they have met these requirements through previous college coursework during the application process.
MPH Program-Specific Requirements
Applicants to the MPH program are required to pay for, complete and successfully clear a Criminal Background Check (CBC) prior to enrollment into the program and a second CBC prior to site placement for their Practicum, dependent on the practicum site requirements. Students will work directly with Sterling Infosystems, Inc. for their initial CBC, the approximate cost of each CBC will be $24.00*. Applicants are advised that healthcare organizations (hospitals, home health agencies, clinics and other types of health agencies) may require a background check for any student completing a practicum as well as for employment.
*This is an out of pocket cost for the student.
Students are required to complete a practicum consisting of ninety (90) contact hours with an approved facility. As practical knowledge and skills are essential to a successful career in public health, a planned, supervised, and evaluated practicum is an essential component of a public health professional degree program. The goal of the practicum is to provide an opportunity for students to synthesize, integrate, and apply practical skills, knowledge, and training learned through courses, to gain professional experience in a public health work environment, and to work on public health practice projects that are of particular interest to the student.
Prior to beginning a supervised practicum and/or employment in most health care facilities, students may need to provide or successfully complete:
- Background checks
- Toxicology Screening
- Blood-borne pathogen training
- Liability coverage
- HIPAA training
- Proof of current immunizations (required of the state) including a two-step TB test (within a year of clinical practicum), MMR or titers, Tdap (10 yr. booster), Varicella, Hepatitis B immunizations or titers, Influenza or record of decline, and/or health clearance from a physician.
Potential practicum locations include:
- Health care offices
- Public health offices
- Community health centers
- Non-profit organizations
- State health offices, or
- Other health-related organizations
Students can only complete their Practicum in states where this program is available. All students enrolling in a degree program with a practicum requirement are expected to complete the practicum in the United States. If students anticipate that they will not be able to complete their practicum in the United States all exceptions must be approved prior to admission into the program.
Students who reside and/or work outside the United States may be ineligible to complete practicum hours at a facility abroad; requirements and restrictions vary by country. Students must notify the Program Chair prior to enrolling in the program to discuss a potential practicum location and obtain Program Chair permission to enroll.
Criminal Convictions & Criminal Background Check Requirements
Applicants to the Master of Public Health program are required to pay for, complete and successfully clear a Criminal Background Check (CBC) prior to enrollment into the program and a second CBC prior to site placement for their Practicum. Students will work directly with Sterling Infosystems, Inc. and the approximate cost of each CBC will be $24.00 Applicants are advised that healthcare organizations (hospitals, home health agencies, clinics and other types of health agencies) may require a background check for any student completing a practicum as well as for employment.
Practicum Equivalent Experience
Although there are no exemptions or waivers of the practicum, in rare situations it is possible to receive Practicum Equivalent Experience, reducing the total number of practicum hours needed to be completed through the University of Arizona Global Campus by up to 30 contact hours. This request can only be approved if a student provides evidence of substantial prior public health experience relevant to program-specific competencies. In general, this substantiation would include at least three or more years of relevant, full-time public health work prior to matriculation in the program. Students who wish to apply for Practicum Equivalent Experience must submit a Student Petition to Waive Practicum Hours Form by their third course of the program. This timeframe allows students to plan a full practicum should prior experience not be sufficient.
MSCJ Program-Specific Requirements
Master of Science in Criminal Justice students who have earned an undergraduate degree in criminal justice or have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in criminal justice, criminal law and constitutional law with a grade of “C” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take CRJ 501 Criminal Justice, Criminal Law & the Constitution. Students are responsible for notifying the University if they believe they have met these requirements through previous college coursework during the application process.
MSTM Program-Specific Requirements
Unofficial or official transcripts from the institution(s) that awarded your bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or other fields must be submitted with the Application for Admission. It is strongly preferred that the undergraduate degree be in a science, technology, or engineering discipline. Applicants with a bachelor’s degree in fields other than science, technology or engineering that can document prior technical work experience equivalent to the knowledge found in a preferred program may request a waiver. It will be incumbent upon the student to provide evidence and documentation through the waiver process that is satisfactory to the Dean or designee for the Forbes School of Business and Technology.
Master of Science in Technology Management Students who submit official transcripts indicating that they have earned a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or Economics or have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “C” or higher, or graduate coursework in Accounting or Finance with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take BUS 591 Financial Accounting & Analysis.
Students who have successfully completed undergraduate coursework in Statistics, Business Statistics, or Quantitative Methods with a grade of “C” or higher or graduate coursework in Statistics, Business Statistics, or Quantitative Methods with a grade of “B” or higher will be exempt from the requirement to take AIS 620 Statistics & Data Sciences for Business Leaders. Students are responsible for notifying the University if they believe they have met these requirements through previous college coursework during the application process and are responsible for submitting official transcripts for verification
Non-Degree Seeking Student General Admission Requirements for Master's Level Coursework
It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the University of Arizona Global Campus with all materials required for admission prior to enrolling in coursework as a non-degree seeking student. Please see additional policies for non-degree seeking students under Classification of Students in the General Academic Information and Policies section of this Catalog.
Students seeking to enroll in Master's-level coursework as a non-degree seeking student must meet the following requirements:
- Submit an official or unofficial transcript from an approved accredited institution that awarded the baccalaureate degree indicating a minimum GPA of 2.0 with a degree conferral date prior to the start of the first course at the University of Arizona Global Campus;
- Submit an official or unofficial transcript from the approved accredited institution showing proof of credit awarded for any required prerequisite coursework;
- Have access to a computer with an Internet connection for the Web-based programs and meet the minimum technology and minimum computer skills, abilities, features, system configurations, hardware, and software outlined in this Catalog; and
- Have the ability to study in English indicated by one of the following:
- Earned a Bachelor’s degree in which the primary language of instruction was English; or
- Successfully completed one of the following testing options within the approved timeframe as noted below as applicable. Copies of unofficial scores must be submitted prior to conditional admissions, and official scores must be submitted for full admission:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A minimum score of 550 paper-based or 79 Internet-based is required and the test must have been taken within the last two (2) years.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS). A minimum score of 7 is required and the test must have been taken within the last three (3) years.
- A minimum score of 60 is required.